diff --git a/pdb-js/src/app/plot.service.ts b/pdb-js/src/app/plot.service.ts
index 9f93370..a11ea16 100644
--- a/pdb-js/src/app/plot.service.ts
+++ b/pdb-js/src/app/plot.service.ts
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ export class PlotRequest {
   generateThumbnail : boolean;
   intervalUnit: string;
   intervalValue: number;
+  renderBarChartTickLabels: boolean = false;
   
   copy(): PlotRequest {
     return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this));
diff --git a/pdb-js/src/app/visualization-page/visualization-page.component.html b/pdb-js/src/app/visualization-page/visualization-page.component.html
index 193daeb..cd209a7 100644
--- a/pdb-js/src/app/visualization-page/visualization-page.component.html
+++ b/pdb-js/src/app/visualization-page/visualization-page.component.html
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
         </mat-select>
       </mat-form-field>
       </div>
+      <div [hidden]="!selectedPlotTypesContains('BAR')">
+        <mat-checkbox [(ngModel)]="renderBarChartTickLabels">Show Tic Labels (bar chart)</mat-checkbox>
+      </div>
      <pdb-y-axis-definition #y1AxisDefinitionComponent yIndex="1"></pdb-y-axis-definition>
      <pdb-y-axis-definition #y2AxisDefinitionComponent yIndex="2" [hidden]="!y2AxisAvailable"></pdb-y-axis-definition>
      
diff --git a/pdb-js/src/app/visualization-page/visualization-page.component.ts b/pdb-js/src/app/visualization-page/visualization-page.component.ts
index 75eefdc..13fc208 100644
--- a/pdb-js/src/app/visualization-page/visualization-page.component.ts
+++ b/pdb-js/src/app/visualization-page/visualization-page.component.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export class VisualizationPageComponent implements OnInit {
   
   intervalUnit = 'NO_INTERVAL';
   intervalValue = 1;
+  renderBarChartTickLabels = false;
 
   constructor(private plotService: PlotService, private snackBar: MatSnackBar) {
   }
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ export class VisualizationPageComponent implements OnInit {
     request.generateThumbnail = this.enableGallery;
     request.intervalUnit = this.intervalUnit;
     request.intervalValue = this.intervalValue;
+    request.renderBarChartTickLabels = this.renderBarChartTickLabels;
     return request;
   }
   
diff --git a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdb/plot/api/BarChartHandler.java b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdb/plot/api/BarChartHandler.java
index 8169917..dd25e02 100644
--- a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdb/plot/api/BarChartHandler.java
+++ b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdb/plot/api/BarChartHandler.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class BarChartHandler extends AggregateHandler {
         appendln(result, barAggregator.asCsv(settings.isRenderLabels()));
         appendln(result, "EOD");
 
-        if (settings.isRenderLabels()) {
+        if (settings.isRenderLabels() && settings.isRenderBarChartTickLabels()) {
             appendfln(result, barAggregator.renderLabels(getxAxis()));
         }
 
diff --git a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdb/plot/api/PlotSettings.java b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdb/plot/api/PlotSettings.java
index 4b1552f..e0e22ce 100644
--- a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdb/plot/api/PlotSettings.java
+++ b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdb/plot/api/PlotSettings.java
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ public class PlotSettings {
 
     private Interval interval;
 
+    private boolean renderBarChartTickLabels;
+
     public String getQuery() {
         return query;
     }
@@ -197,4 +199,12 @@ public class PlotSettings {
         this.interval = interval;
     }
 
+    public boolean isRenderBarChartTickLabels() {
+        return renderBarChartTickLabels;
+    }
+
+    public void setRenderBarChartTickLabels(final boolean renderBarChartTickLabels) {
+        this.renderBarChartTickLabels = renderBarChartTickLabels;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/GnuplotSettings.java b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/GnuplotSettings.java
index 6a53893..d12e35f 100644
--- a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/GnuplotSettings.java
+++ b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/GnuplotSettings.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public class GnuplotSettings {
     private AxisSettings xAxisSettings = new AxisSettings();
     private boolean renderLabels = true;
     private DateTimeRange dateTimeRange;
+    private boolean renderBarChartTickLabels;
 
     public GnuplotSettings(final Path output) {
         this.output = output;
@@ -151,6 +152,14 @@ public class GnuplotSettings {
         }
     }
 
+    public boolean isRenderBarChartTickLabels() {
+        return renderBarChartTickLabels;
+    }
+
+    public void setRenderBarChartTickLabels(final boolean renderBarChartTickLabels) {
+        this.renderBarChartTickLabels = renderBarChartTickLabels;
+    }
+
     // plot 'sample.txt' using 1:2 title 'Bytes' with linespoints 2
 
 }
diff --git a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/Plotter.java b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/Plotter.java
index a6cec0f..1c62c63 100644
--- a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/Plotter.java
+++ b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/Plotter.java
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ public class Plotter {
 
                 gnuplotSettings.setAggregates(plotSettings.getAggregates());
                 gnuplotSettings.setKeyOutside(plotSettings.isKeyOutside());
+                gnuplotSettings.setRenderBarChartTickLabels(plotSettings.isRenderBarChartTickLabels());
                 gnuplot.plot(gnuplotSettings, dataSeries);
             }
 
diff --git a/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/PlotSettingsTransformer.java b/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/PlotSettingsTransformer.java
index 8f3bf08..da47781 100644
--- a/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/PlotSettingsTransformer.java
+++ b/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/PlotSettingsTransformer.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class PlotSettingsTransformer {
         result.setY2(request.getY2());
         result.setAggregates(toAggregateInternal(request.getY1(), request.getY2(), request.getAggregates()));
         result.setInterval(Interval.create(request.getIntervalUnit(), request.getIntervalValue(), result.dateRange()));
+        result.setRenderBarChartTickLabels(request.isRenderBarChartTickLabels());
 
         return result;
     }
diff --git a/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/domain/PlotRequest.java b/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/domain/PlotRequest.java
index d4d8a8c..aa55c8c 100644
--- a/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/domain/PlotRequest.java
+++ b/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/domain/PlotRequest.java
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ public class PlotRequest {
     private String intervalUnit;
     private int intervalValue;
 
+    private boolean renderBarChartTickLabels;
+
     public String getQuery() {
         return query;
     }
@@ -169,4 +171,12 @@ public class PlotRequest {
     public void setIntervalValue(final int intervalValue) {
         this.intervalValue = intervalValue;
     }
+
+    public boolean isRenderBarChartTickLabels() {
+        return renderBarChartTickLabels;
+    }
+
+    public void setRenderBarChartTickLabels(final boolean renderBarChartTickLabels) {
+        this.renderBarChartTickLabels = renderBarChartTickLabels;
+    }
 }